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Not long now! Game Of Thrones heads to Northern Ireland to film scenes for the highly-anticipated season five return

By Bella Brennan for MailOnline and Jennifer Pearson

Published: 14:19 EST, 23 September 2014 | Updated: 14:52 EST, 23 September 2014

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Earlier in the month the Game Of Thrones cast and crew resumed filming for season five in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

But it was back to Northern Ireland on Tuesday with the team working overtime shooting scenes along the cliff edge of Binevenagh Mountain, near County Londonderry.

Indeed the rolling mountains, ominous sky and giant cliffs provided a picturesque backdrop for the award-winning TV show, which returns to screens in April next year.

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Hard at work! The cast and crew of HBO's Game Of Thrones filmed scenes for season five along the cliff edge of Binevenagh Mountain, near County Londonderry in Northern Ireland on Tuesday

Stunning scenery: The ominous sky and tall mountains made for an idyllic backdrop

According to locals great measures have been taken to ensure no spoilers are leaked with road closures on Leighery Road.

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Meanwhile in June the long-awaited season four finale of HBO's Game Of Thrones aried and delivered more action-packed fight scenes and angry dragons that won't be tamed.

Daenerys the Khaleesi has been flexing her ruling power all season long, and will be faced with her own biting reality in the episode entitled The Children.

HBO's official preview showed Dany (Emilia Clarke) turning slowly, her pale blue gaze bearing down on something until the screen is filled with the gaping, snapping jaws of her fiery dragons.

Let the countdown begin: Season five of the hit HBO show returns in April 2015

Jet setting crew! Earlier in the month the team filmed scenes in Dubrovnik, Croatia but it was back to Northern Ireland on Tuesday

Top secret: Great measures have been taken to ensure no spoilers are leaked with road closures on Leighery Road

A global covering: In the past the show has been shot in Malta, Iceland, Morocco and Scotland

At the Night's Watch, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is bracing for a mean battle against the Wildlings and he's shown standing poised for war in a snowy forest.

'The dead can't hear us,' a deep voice is heard saying.

'Then we'll kill every last man at Castle Black,' Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds) says as he and his Wildling army bear down on those protecting The Wall.

Braced for battle: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is poised to defend the Night's Watch against the Wildlings

The Children are getting testy: Dany's dragons snap menacingly in Game Of Thrones season four finale entitled The Children

Wildlings descend: The army of the Free Folk beyond The Wall aim to kill everyone at Castle Black

Night's Watch braces for battle in latest Game of Thrones teaser

Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) is given more insight into his fate.

'We're not going to make it,' one of those among Bran's travelling company cries out.

'We're already here,' Jojen (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) eerily replies as a vision of the red-leaf weirwood tree fills the screen.

'Action-packed episode': Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow, says that this finale is packed with action and adds, 'there's a lot happens in it that leaves people wanting more'

Enemy oath: Mance Rayder, King Beyond The Wall (Ciaran Hinds) vows to 'kill every last man at Castle Black'

Almost there: Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and his band of travellers get closer to their destination

Cersei (Lena Headey) taunts her father, the ever cold and militaristic Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) with family secrets.

'How can someone so consumed with the idea of his family have any conception what his actual family was doing,' Cersai tells him.

Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) is shown unsheathing her sword in a defensive stance as the cold and weather-beaten landscape surrounds her and The Hound (Rory McCann).

Do you see what I see: When someone says they'll never make it, Jojen (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) announces to Bran and the others that 'we're already here'

Tree of life: Bran's earlier vision of the weirwood tree fills the screen

Family secrets: Cersei (Lena Headey) confronts her tyrannical father Tywin (Charles Dance) in one dramatic scene

Trick question: Cersei asks of Tywin, 'How can someone so consumed with the idea of his family have any conception what his actual family was doing?'

'There's people coming,' Arya tells her captor as they encounter a mysterious and very tall stranger.

Fans will also see Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) forced to meet his own perilous situation after being condemned to death for Joffrey's murder by poison.

While most episodes run an average 52 minutes, HBO announced that the season four finale will run 66 minutes, which makes it the longest episode so far.

Brave girl: Arya (Maisie Williams) is seen unsheathing her sword, telling The Hound, 'There's people coming'

Tall stranger: Arya and The Hound (Rory McCann) are met by someone who appears very tall

'I haven’t seen it,' Harington revealed on Wednesday while attending the How To Train Your Dragon 2 screening.

'We never get to see it beforehand. I watch it like everyone else does when it comes out. Obviously, I’ve read the episode. It’s a big action-packed episode. There’s a lot happens in it that leaves people wanting more, and that’s what we want, people coming back to season five.'

Harington added: 'It doesn’t wrap things up in the same way that the last few episodes of the last few seasons have. It leaves a lot open. I’m excited to see it. It’s one of my favorite episodes I’ve ever done.'

Kit Harington teases 'big' Game of Thrones finale

Fate comes knocking: Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) is forced to meet his own perilous situation after being condemned to death for Joffrey's murder by poison